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There are two kinds of mystery stories: open-ended and closed-ended. An open-ended mystery is literally a “who-dun-it.” The viewer (or reader) doesn’t know the identity of the killer until the end.

Do you remember the old Columbo television series with Peter Falk? Those were all closed-ended mysteries. The viewers knew the identity of the killer from the beginning. The question was: How would Peter Falk figure it out?

Forensic Files uses both open- and closed-ended mystery storytelling styles depending on what works best in each particular case. Sometimes, we make it hard to tell. One way is by having the killer appear in the episode as an “interview” but the viewer doesn’t realize it because we’ve changed the person’s shirt and made the background look like an office or a study.

This month, the killers appear in both new episodes that premiere. See if you can identify the guilty parties.

In “Three’s a Crowd” that airs on Friday night, August 27, something happened that had never happened to us before. We’ve done more than 400 episodes and conducted 7500 interviews, but this is the first time a killer confessed to murder on camera.

Susan Fassett’s killer actually admits the crime and describes what took place in great detail. There’s also quite a bit of backstory that we were unable to squeeze into a half-hour program.

Because of that, I’ve decided to include more of that interview here: "Describe how you stalked Susan Fasset on that day?" "What are your thoughts on this crime a decade later?" I’ve also added an additional interview with M. William Phelps "What does Dawn Silvernail tell police about the murder?" "What happened when police went to arrest Fred Andros?" who appeared in this episode and is one of my favorite crime writers. He has also written a book on this case entitled “Deadly Secrets.”

I think you’ll agree that this case will easily make the top ten mystery stories we’ve ever done.

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Paul Dowling

Executive Producer